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Hartal Door Locks- stiff and seizure

So many caravanners are having problems with the Hartal front door lock becoming stiff and near impossible to lock or unlock. Searching through our caravan accessories you may be looking for a new key barrel for your lock when the main problem involves the internal grey assembly.
Removing the red and green buttons and the moon shaped plastic piece with 'HARTAL' stamped on it, will expose the fixing screws. Undo these and remove the internal assembly.
The probable cause of the stiffness in the lock is the interference where the shaft of the grey locking handle passes through the assembly. Remove the circlip and the handle will fall out. The hole now needs to be made marginally larger preferably with a drill. NOTE - only remove a very small amount of material to avoid the handle becoming 'wobbly'. Re-assemble and hopefully your lock will become serviceable again.
Many of the caravan manufacturers are fitting the Hartal front doors which come complete with the locks. I cannot remember us having so many problems with the Ellbee doors and the Caraloc front door locks.